Russian Skaters Allowed to Compete as Neutrals (AIN) to Qualify for 2026 Winter Olympics

[Bigbird]

People (or bots?) are spamming the comments on various posts on the official The Olympic Games Instagram account asking the IOC to allow the Russian dance and pair teams to compete. Look at this post about two badminton players - https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ1Upo4COs7/?img_index=1 and literally all of the comments are like that. Other posts on the account have similar replies and they are using the #Olympicsforall

Seems like bots. But were we genuinely surprised? Will it make a difference one way or the other? The dance world is still waiting for the new V/M or P/C.

 

[olympic]

Watching Stepanova / Bukin compete for 4th place at the Olympics won’t be missed. Thanks. They are not touching Chock / Bates or Gilles / Poirer on a good day, and Guignard / Fabbri likely have an edge in front of a home crowd.

 

[Dobre]

If the bots are busy, then the Russian government is feeling compelled to spend money defending its stupidity. Too bad, so sad.

 

[caseyedwards]

It was very important that k/n try for 20th place and then not compete again until October 2029. Best case scenario k/n qualify in Beijing compete in Milan and then vanish until 2029. What would that Olympics have meant

 

[Vagabond]

If the bots are busy, then the Russian government is feeling compelled to spend money defending its stupidity. Too bad, so sad.

Does this apply to the bots on FSU as well as to those on Instagram?